“In an interdependent global economy, food weaponization in one region could affect the food security of all. Moscow has exploited this interdependence, deliberately disrupting the food supply to further the Kremlin’s military objectives.” trib.al/SQCBiHt

After over a year of deeply studying this issue, Secretary Dan Glickman, Mike Johanns, Sec. Mike Espy, Devry Boughner Vorwerk, and I are calling for a treaty to finally end food weaponization. Give our essay in Foreign Affairs a read below:

“The international community’s long-standing moral objection to starvation as a method of warfare needs a new mechanism of enforcement and accountability: a treaty banning the use of food as a weapon.” trib.al/GUqcEOs

Amid Putin’s assault on Ukrainian agricultural capacity, the need for an international treaty prohibiting food weaponization is increasingly clear, write Zach Helder, Mike Espy, Dan Glickman, Mike Johanns, and Devry Boughner Vorwerk. trib.al/k6oImPv

“Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Russia has taken food weaponization to a new level. The Kremlin is not only targeting Ukrainian agricultural capacity, but threatening the broader global food supply.” trib.al/bKjLX9v

“Every country has an interest in banning food weaponization. For the United States, food weaponization around the world poses a security risk as well as an economic threat, with the potential to harm American farmers and consumers.” trib.al/a4etGg4